We're constantly pushing these materials and processes to the extreme to see what will happen. It's an insight into things that you don't normally see.

We have relatively little time and a whole lot of curiosity, so the most efficient way to get there is what we do, and that often happens to be some form of science.

I always enjoy seeing Adam [Savage] in pain.

When I figured that I could do anything if I was simply methodical about it. I went to the library - and this was before the Internet - and I searched for a career that was creative, would not fall into a routine, involved problem solving and making things. It also had to be dynamic. I came up with special effects.

Any day we create that much shrapnel is a good day.

We're constantly pushing these materials and processes to the extreme to see what will happen. It's an insight into things that you don't normally see.

We should point out that if we feel like we've upset somebody and they're vitriolic, if people are actively pursuing some sort of complaint, then we've done our job.